The government has announced more than £12 million to help energy-intensive industries cut carbon emissions and energy costs.

Long-term planning reforms have been introduced in Scotland and will likely see an increase in projects returning former industrial or derelict sites to community use.
Local authorities are being encouraged to support proposals for development that will restore green spaces as part of local development plans.

The welsh deputy minister for arts and sport has launched a £5 Million Brilliant Basics tourism fund.
The capital fund will deliver small-scale tourism infrastructure improvements across Wales and is aimed at public, third sector and not-for-profit organisations.
Previous projects that have received funding from Brilliant Basics include electric vehicle charging points, improved toilet and car parking facilities, accessible changing places facilities and improved signage and interpretation panels.

The Scottish Government has announced £105 million of funding for the Charitable Bond scheme to increase the number of affordable homes in Scotland.
The scheme provides loans to social landlords, the interest on which is then reinvested into the social rented sector as grants.
£80 million has already been committed in this financial year, with another £25 million announced today.

The government has announced details of carbon reducing technology currently in development through funding from the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund.
Thirty-seven British companies, including small and medium sized enterprises and start-ups, will share £19 million to drive forward solutions which reduce carbon emissions, develop clean energy and improve energy efficiency in people’s homes.
The UK-wide projects will potentially create green jobs and triggering private sector investment. These include:

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) will now require Treasury approval for capital projects.
This comes after increasing doubts about the department's delivery of the flagship Conservative policy and its current ability to reduce regional economic divides.
According to the Financial Times, chief secretary to the Treasury John Glen has prevented DLUHC from signing off spending on any new capital projects.

Cllr Sharon Thompson: “These homes will be used for temporary accommodation and will not give any of the families greater priority under our allocation policy than other homeless families"

Reshuffle sees Grant Shapps appointed as new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero as Kemi Badenoch becomes Business and Trade Secretary